Sunday, July 17, 2005
2:48 PM
I got dunked into the pool last night, commando style head first. I was totally caught off guard, as my friends set up an elaborate trap that would've tricked even the most vigilant strategist. They used a decoy.
Instead of talking about my feelings of this 'defining moment' in my life, as well as the array of thoughts that raced past my mind during that split second that Pinky yelled 'CHANGE' as I was happily carrying KJ towards the pool, I'm going to mope about my handphone.
As I plunged into the pool stunned, it took me about 5 seconds before I could react to remove my handphone and wallet from my pockets and fling it out of the pool. However, by that time it was too late. As of right now, my handphone would not turn on. There's no spare handphone in my house except an extravagent (and ridiculously hard to use) Blackberry gadget that my father has.
Due to my inability to utilise the Blackberry as a means of SMS transmission, I'm feeling lost and even more lonely now. And as I contemplate the option of getting a new handphone, here's a list of functions in a handphone which I find are totally unecessary:
1) Camera
2) Internet Connection
3) Email
4) Calendar
5) Calculator
6) Games
7) Address Book
8) Phone Book
9) Music Composer
10) Picture Editor
11) Camera
12) Planner
13) Internet Connection
14) Ringtone Selector
15) LCD Screen with colour
16) Polyphonic Ringtones
17) Camera (Have I mentioned that yet?)
18) Palm-top abilities
Actually I find these functions detestable. A phone is a phone is a phone. I don't see what's the point of making it an everything 'pao kah liao' device. And then when it comes down to it, you can't even make a decent phone call or send or recieve a message. And because of that, I'm starting to feel a little depressed. Was expecting a message or two. Perhaps they should also integrate a depression self-help kit into the phone, complete with drug dispensers in case of phone programme crashes that render even a simple phone call impossible.
Pinky, as you read this, please don't feel guilty. Just bring an extra set of clothes the next time we go to Jean's house. Heh heh.
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I do.
I'm just slow.
I'm trying to make the site easy on the eyes by using a black background and white text, and easy to read by enlarging the font within reasonable limits.
Not an original idea, but derived from maddox.xmission.com
Read his FAQ.
Thanks for your enthusiastic support and interest in my blog. It made me realise that people were reading it and pushed me to continue writing. Really.
I'm just slow.
I'm trying to make the site easy on the eyes by using a black background and white text, and easy to read by enlarging the font within reasonable limits.
Not an original idea, but derived from maddox.xmission.com
Read his FAQ.
Thanks for your enthusiastic support and interest in my blog. It made me realise that people were reading it and pushed me to continue writing. Really.
# posted by 
: 3:07 PM
: 3:07 PM
oh good, you wrote, i had almost given up! the black and white is pretty easy, especially now that the font is bigger. so, what's new with the phone, etc. tell me something about you!
i think more people read our blogs than we know...well, there are counters, mine shows a bunch, but only a few comment. have you gone to mine yet? read the one entitled masterjellie.
have a good day!
e
i think more people read our blogs than we know...well, there are counters, mine shows a bunch, but only a few comment. have you gone to mine yet? read the one entitled masterjellie.
have a good day!
e
Hi Zichun... Sorry about your phone, man, but if we'd taken your phone from you you'd have smelled something fishy. As it was you only smelled a little waterlogged. :D
Hope your phone is better...
-KJ
Hope your phone is better...
-KJ
# posted by : 10:02 PM
: 10:02 PM
The above conversation is ironic. I'm going through the same phone deprival stage and I agree with the uselessness of all those features. It's the power of peer pressure in play.
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